With VR, you can get the sight and physical environment you mention. That seems like, at minimum, proof that in-silico intelligence won't be blocked by that requirement.
I do fully agree that any intelligence may not be human-like, though. In fact, I imagine it would seem very cold, calculating, amoral, and manipulative. Our prohibition against that type of behavior depends on a social evolution it won't have experienced.
I do fully agree that any intelligence may not be human-like, though. In fact, I imagine it would seem very cold, calculating, amoral, and manipulative. Our prohibition against that type of behavior depends on a social evolution it won't have experienced.